Technical Efficiency of Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Rice Farming In West Java
Dwi Rachmina, Nunung Kusnadi, Tursina Andita Putri, Triana Gita Dewi

Bogor Agricultural University

Abstract

The development and management of irrigation are generally aimed at the needs of rice plants in rice fields in achieving rice self-sufficiency. West Java occupies the second-largest irrigated rice field in Indonesia. However, based on the condition of irrigated land in West Java, this study aims to analyze the technical efficiency of irrigated and non-irrigated rice farming in West Java. The analysis was performed using a stochastic frontier model. The results state that the production of rice farming in West Java is influenced by the area of land cultivated by farmers, the number of seeds, the elements of N, P, and K in non-organic fertilizers, and the number of workers outside the family. The average rice farming in West Java has been technically efficient. Irrigation has a positive effect on increasing the technical efficiency of rice farming in West Java. Rice farming in irrigated land is efficient while lowland rice farming in non-irrigated land is not efficient with an average level of technical efficiency of 69.4 percent. Moreover, other factors that affect the efficiency of rice farming in West Java are farmer age, formal education, non-formal education obtained by SLPTT, and quality of seeds used.

Keywords: frontier, irrigation, rice farming, technical efficiency

Topic: Agriculture Productivity